Listening to this surround UPMIX, up-remix, or remix

[M-K]

The latest Airbag album Century Of The Self is dark, melancholic and beautiful. Well recorded. I thought it would be nice to have it in surround.

And it is surprisingly good for a Penteo 5.1 Upmix. Strongly recommended!

 

[J. PUPSTER]

JEAN-LUC PONTY - ENIGMATIC OCEAN
(LP->5.1 UDR)
*This old LP in my collection was begging for an Up-mix; really too bad it doesn't get the Royal treatment of someone like Steve Wilson in Atmos, it would be bonkers; especially the two long tracks "Enigmatic Ocean (Parts I-IV)" and "The Struggle Of The Turtle To The Sea (Parts I-III)."

I'm thinking my own Up-mix here could use some EQ tweaking to get the best out of it, but some fun stuff none the less.

This 1977 album also has some killer players on it, i.e.:

• Drums, Percussion – Steve Smith
• Electric Bass – Ralphe Armstrong
• Lead Guitar [Lead Electric Guitar] – Allan Holdsworth
• Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar – Daryl Stuermer
• Organ, Synthesizer, Electric Piano, Grand Piano, Clavinet – Allan Zavod

I hear a couple of influences on some of this from Frank Zappa (natch) and perhaps Alan Parsons.

-but if you have this album in some form, just try it out with whatever you have, a DSU, Surround Master, other up-mixing software etc, etc.

 

[kap'n krunch]

JEAN-LUC PONTY - ENIGMATIC OCEAN
(LP->5.1 UDR)
*This old LP in my collection was begging for an Up-mix; really too bad it doesn't get the Royal treatment of someone like Steve Wilson in Atmos, it would be bonkers; especially the two long tracks "Enigmatic Ocean (Parts I-IV)" and "The Struggle Of The Turtle To The Sea (Parts I-III)."

I'm thinking my own Up-mix here could use some EQ tweaking to get the best out of it, but some fun stuff none the less.

This 1977 album also has some killer players on it, i.e.:

• Drums, Percussion – Steve Smith
• Electric Bass – Ralphe Armstrong
• Lead Guitar [Lead Electric Guitar] – Allan Holdsworth
• Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar – Daryl Stuermer
• Organ, Synthesizer, Electric Piano, Grand Piano, Clavinet – Allan Zavod

I hear a couple of influences on some of this from Frank Zappa (natch) and perhaps Alan Parsons.

-but if you have this album in some form, just try it out with whatever you have, a DSU, Surround Master, other up-mixing software etc, etc.

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Please do, this was my introduction to Maestro Ponty’s oeuvre and he signed it for me In 2017 when I met him. This is his absolute best album.

 

[zcftr29]

I just finished my 5.1.4 remix of The Miracle by Queen... Very pleased

 

[ar surround]

I just finished my 5.1.4 remix of The Miracle by Queen... Very pleased

5.1.4...so it is Atmos.

 

[zcftr29]

5.1.4...so it is Atmos.

I'm working my way through their whole catalogue... Have done Queen II, Sheer heart attack, A day at the races, Flash Gordon, The works, The miracle, Innuendo and Made in heaven so far - all stem separated and re-up mixed to 5.1.4

 

[J. PUPSTER]

Daddy Rich
Just another one-off that sounded like it would a fun project today; and it didn't disappoint.

Typically great Norman Whitfield stuff; preach it Daddy Rich, preach it!

 

[humprof]

I had a feeling this album--Dirty Projectors, Lamp Lit Prose--would sound fantastic through the Dolby Surround Upmixer, and lo and behold, it does (5.1.4, center spread on):



I'd rather hear it in real Atmos than faux-Atmos, though. I know Dave Longstreth is an accomplished DIY sound engineer, and I also know Domino has been getting into Atmos. So what are we waiting for?

 

[J. PUPSTER]

In a Rock mood today...

hmmm, a Warner Bros. title

 

[mandrix]

I'm working my way through their whole catalogue... Have done Queen II, Sheer heart attack, A day at the races, Flash Gordon, The works, The miracle, Innuendo and Made in heaven so far - all stem separated and re-up mixed to 5.1.4

The Fairy Feller's Masterstroke. lol. Title always got me. First Queen album (II) I think I heard. Used to have it many moons ago. Thinking on it that was back in Budgie days.

 

[J. PUPSTER]

Rickie Lee Jones – Flying Cowboys​

another one-off I'm revisiting today, with some improved DeMix Pro to the vocals etc.

This fine AF 24k Gold HDCD album was produced by- Walter Becker; CD mastering by- Kevin Gray; Mixed by- Greg Penny, Roger Nichols; and is one of the best sounding CDs you may ever hear (IMO) with fantastic DRs. This up-mixed song settled on a DR average of 20.

 

[J. PUPSTER]

Porcupine Tree – Closure / Continuation​

*from the Bonus CD; three songs to 5.1 UDR

	Bonus Disc
CD2-1		Population 3 Written-By – Gavin Harrison, Steven Wilson Written-By – Gavin Harrison, Steven Wilson	6:51
CD2-2		Never Have Written-By – Steven Wilson Written-By – Steven Wilson	5:07
CD2-3		Love In The Past Tense Written-By – Gavin Harrison, Steven Wilson Written-By – Gavin Harrison, Steven Wilson	5:50

Do we know why they didn't mix these three to surround?

 

[M-K]

Porcupine Tree: The Sky Moves Sideways, 2016 Remaster, CD2, Penteo

 

[J. PUPSTER]

Bad Boy / Having A Party

 

[J. PUPSTER]

 

[J. PUPSTER]

 

[mandrix]

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So you remixed the 5.1?

 

[J. PUPSTER]

So you remixed the 5.1?

There were two bonus tracks in stereo only - 13 & 14; I like the way this one came out, very creepy sounding track!

 

[J. PUPSTER]

Here is an example (IMO) of how an Up-mix/Re-mix can sound much more interesting than the original 5.1 mix. This is from a recent EuroArts
Blu-ray (2019) I'm trying out, entitled - Gaming In Symphony by the Danish National Symphony Orchestra

The original 5.1 mix is a typical classical (Pop) style with only venue ambience in the Center and Rears.

I used Penteo starting out, to 4.1; then did some additional work with DeMix-Pro to isolate and move some features around like Drums/Percussion (mainly to the fronts); Choral/vocals (mainly to the Rear Left; gave the distorted guitar chording/solo more punch and highlighted that to the Center (thought it sounded a bit wimpy originally.)

Here's what the file looks like in Audacity, before and after-

Original-

Up-mixed & Re-mixed to 5.1